[{"word":"muttering","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To utter words, especially complaints or angry expressions, indistinctly or with a low voice and lips partly closed; to say under one's breath.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The beggar muttered words of thanks, as passersby dropped coins in his cup."},{"definition":"To speak softly and incoherently, or with imperfect articulations.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The asylum inmate muttered some doggerel about chains and pains to himself, over and over."},{"definition":"To make a sound with a low, rumbling noise.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"April could hear the delivery van's engine muttering in the driveway."}],"synonyms":["growl","putter","rumble","babble","mumble","murmur","ramble","stutter","growl","grumble","mumble"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"Something that is muttered.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I managed to catch a few of his mutterings."},{"definition":"A rumour.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["mumblage"],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mutter","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/muttering"]}]